Bangkok Must See: The Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha
If you are visiting Bangkok or have friends visiting Bangkok, a site you cannot miss is the Grand Palace . I always believe that to understand a city and its people you have to understand it's past. The Grand Palace is exactly that. It is what the old Kingdom of Siam (Thailand before we changed our name) is all about and it is indeed majestic sitting on the banks of the ChaoPhraya River or the River of Kings. If you are a first time visitor, this should be your first stop, and if you have friends coming over, please take them to the Grand Palace. It's an amazing site that everytime I go there, I feel like I'm transported into another era. Bangkok is not just about shopping malls and good food. Amazingly, one can spend years and years in Bangkok living day to day life and probably never see the Grand Palace if you don't make an effort to see it. The city has expanded so much and now the economic centre is far from the ...